Drawer for cabinets



July. 2s, 1925.

I 1,547,229 E. MORRIS DRAWER FOR CABINETS Filed 0G12.A 7, 1922 -T JL 52/@1 2 f1 Edmund I MON/'6 Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT( OFFICE.

IBDMUNIO MORRIS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO WILMARTH SHOWCASE C0., 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

:DRAWER ron CABNETS.'

Application led October 7, 1822. Serial No. 592,979.

To all Ywiom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDMUND MORRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, county of Kent, State of Michigan, havekinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawers for Cabinets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in drawers for cabinets or thelike.

The objects of the invention are:

First, to provide a new and improved glass front construction for adrawer.

Second, to provide such an improved construction adapted to a drawerconstructed mainly of wood.

Third, to provide an improved angle brace for the front of such drawer.

Fourth, to provide a reinforced joint between the sides and the glassfront of such drawer.

Objects pertaining to details and ecoliemies of construction andoperation will denitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the devices and meansdescribed in the following specication. The invention is clearly definedand pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is fullyillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisapplication, in which:

Fig. I is a front elevation of a drawer embodying the features of myinvention.

Fig. II is an enlarged detail sectional elevation view taken on a line2-2 of Figs. I and III.

Fig. III is a detail horizontal sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig.II..

In the drawing the sectional views are 4taken looking in the directionof the little arrows at the ends of the section lines and similarnumerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

The parts will be referred to by their numerals.

l is the bottom front rail of a drawer, 2, 2 are the front corner posts,3 is the side coupled to the said corner posts and 4 is the glass plateconstituting the front. The bottom rail 1 contains a groove 1lconstitutinn` a seat for the lower edge of the plate The corner posts 2contain vertical grooves2l and the bottom front rail l is secured to thepost 2 by the bracket 5 which is extended and conformed at 51 to fitwithin and reinforce the vertical groove 21 in the posts 2. The outeredge'52 of the bracket which is constructed of sheet metal is deiectedslightly inwardly to aiord a yielding means for retaining the glassplate 4 in place.

A horizontal ear 53 is formed on the lower end of the bracket andsecured to the bottom front rail l by a suitable screw, the plate beingretained in place by screws in the corner posts and side of the drawer.The drawer bottom can be of a very thin sheet 6 as it is effectivelysupported by the bottom front rail. This provides a very simpleconstruction for effectively retaining the glass front in place withoutthe eX- posure of any metal to view, thereby providing a structure whichharmonizes with the front of a cabinet and which at the same time isexceedingly strong. Because the seats for the ends of the glass plateare reinforced by the metal there is very little likelihood of the postsbeing broken and their size can consequently be reduced to the minimum,all of which is of very great advantage in the construction of thedrawers and in the economy of material.

The bracket which is turned to form the seat provides a very strongreinforcement for the drawer and because of that fact it is unnecessaryto provide for any rail or frame along the top of the glass plate andtherefore the full view of the contents of the drawer is possible,- thewindow opening being of the full dimension of the drawer end.

This structure is capable of considerable variation without departingfrom my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a glass front drawer structure, the combination of the drawer witha glass plate front, the upper edge of the plate beingA exposed, abottom front rail grooved at its top to receive theJ bottom of saidplate, suitable corner posts'with vertical grooves to receive the endsof said glass plate, a supporting bracket at each side of sheet metalsecured to the corresponding post and being conformed as a reinforcementto the groove in theisaid lpostwith its outer edge deiiected inwardly toyieldingly engage the end of the glass and havinga horizontal ear -atthe bottomrattached to the said bottom front rail, coacting asspecied.:ii

2. In a glass front drawer' structure, the combination of the drawerwith-a glass plate front, tlie upper edge of the plate being exposed, abottom front rail grooved at its top to receive the bottom of saidplate, suitable corner posts with vertical grooves -to receive the endsof's'ad glass plate, `a supporting bracket at each side of sheet metal`secured tothe correspondingv post and beingl conformed as areinforcement to theg-roove inthe said post, and having a horizontal earatthe bottom attached to the said bottom Vfront rail, coacting asspecified.

3. In a glass front drawer structure, the combination of the drawer witha glass plate front, the upperedge of the plate being exposed, suitablecorner posts with vertical grooves to receive the ends of said glassplate, a supporting bracket at each side of lsheet metal secured to thecorresponding i/v post and being conformed as a reinforcement to thegroove'in the said post and having, a horizontal ear at the bottoniattached to the said bottom, coacting` as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 30 .hand and seal.

EDMUN D MORRIS. [L sfl

